By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it’s unclear when they’ll be back after the continent hosted four of the last eight Games. The earliest the Summer Games could return is 2036, and the favorite could be the world’s most populous
Continue ReadingSAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Kaleb Higgins had 11 points off the bench to lead Cal State Bakersfield to a 61-60 win over Cal Poly, ending the Roadrunners’ nine-game losing streak. Trevon Taylor led the Mustangs with 14 points.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson and Michelle Watson, CNN The suspect in a weekend shooting that left one woman dead and four people wounded during a protest in Portland, Oregon, faces several charges, including murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. The shooting unfolded Saturday night after Benjamin Smith, described by police as an homeowner, allegedly confronted a group of
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean health officials have approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, expanding the country’s immunization program in the face of a massive omicron outbreak that is driving up hospitalizations and deaths. The plans were announced Wednesday after the Korea Disease Control
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Associated Press reviewed thousands of pages of documents, interviewed nearly two dozen veterans and consulted military, medical and environmental scientists as it investigated the connection between toxic substances at California’s Fort Ord and illnesses among those who lived and worked there. One key finding: The U.S. Army knew that the
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Continue ReadingBy MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and JASON DEAREN Associated Press FORT ORD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (AP) — California’s Fort Ord has been on the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the most polluted places in the nation since 1990. Dozens of chemicals, some that cause cancer, have been found in the base’s drinking water and soil.
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year. Government data released Wednesday show a decades-long trend that continued to disproportionately affect Black people. Overall, there were almost 24 deaths per 100,000 births in 2020. That compares with 20 per 100,000 the previous year. The numbers
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN There has been a slight rise in the number of women dying due to pregnancy or childbirth each year in the United States, and the maternal death rate among Black women is still three times the rate for White women, a new federal report shows. The overall number of women identified
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Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half, helping No. 24 Alabama rally from a nine-point deficit in the first half before holding off Vanderbilt 74-72. Alabama has won four of five. The Crimson Tide had to shake off a
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jurors at the federal trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights went home Wednesday without reaching a verdict. It was the first day of deliberations in the case against J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About one hundred migrants from Haiti, Cuba and African nations threw stones and sticks at Mexican National Guard troops and immigrantion agents in the southern city of Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala. The confrontation Tuesday came amid months of complaints by migrants that processing
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and France are criticizing mercenaries in the Central African Republic from the Russian security company Wagner, accusing them of executing civilians, attacking U.N. peacekeepers and targeting predominantly Muslim communities. Russia never mentioned mercenaries or Wagner in responding Tuesday at a U.N. Security
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SMALE Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji scored 23 points and passed Wilt Chamberlain on Kansas’ career scoring list, leading the No. 5 Jayhawks to a 102-83 win over Kansas State. Agbaji has 1,444 points in 110 games, 26th on Kansas’ all-time list. He passed Chamberlain with his 13th point of
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho — Abu Kigab made a pair of foul shots with a second remaining to lead Boise State to a 58-57 win over San Diego State. Kigab had 21 points to lead the Broncos. Nathan Mensah led the Aztecs with 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks.
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Thomas Chabot scored twice, including the game winner late in the third period, to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Chabot was back after missing four straight games. Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle also scored for Ottawa, while Anton Forsberg stopped 40 shots. Kevin Fiala,
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